@end defun
@defun char-displayable-p char
-This function returns @code{t} if Emacs ought to be able to display
-@var{char}. More precisely, if the selected frame's fontset has a
-font to display the character set that @var{char} belongs to.
+This function returns non-@code{nil} if Emacs ought to be able to
+display @var{char}. Or more precisely, if the selected frame's fontset
+has a font to display the character set that @var{char} belongs to.
Fontsets can specify a font on a per-character basis; when the fontset
does that, this function's value may not be accurate.
+
+This function may return non-@code{nil} even when there is no font
+available, since it also checks whether the coding system for the text
+terminal can encode the character (@pxref{Terminal Coding}).
@end defun
@node Low-Level Font